CVE-2023-48559 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.18 and earlier are affected by a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could be abused by a low-privileged attacker to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable form fields. Malicious JavaScript may be executed in a victim’s browser when they browse to the page containing the vulnerable field.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00319.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Adobe	Experience Manager

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:-::::aem_cloud_service:::

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb23-72.html

History

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:-::::cloud_service:::	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:-::::aem_cloud_service:::

Wed, 21 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title	AMS XSS - /libs/fd/af/components/guidetermsandconditions/widget.jsp	Adobe Experience Manager \| Cross-site Scripting (Stored XSS) (CWE-79)

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2023-12-15T10:17:14.739Z

Updated: 2025-05-21T14:12:51.943Z

Reserved: 2023-11-16T23:29:25.390Z

Link: CVE-2023-48559

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:30:35.492Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-15T11:15:34.417

Modified: 2025-09-19T17:19:39.570

Link: CVE-2023-48559

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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